It's Simon and Esther Manzke's first trip to an Olympic Games and they are trying to standout from the crowd.

Both are wearing small German carnival-style top hats with a piece of cord connecting them and a dumbbell dangling inbetween. Today they have tickets for weightlifting.

"The hats are multifunctional, we have a net for beach volleyball tonight," said Simon, a student from Hamburg. "We are trying to be creative, we know people in the U.K. love hats."

As the siblings headed off to an arena, some London volunteers ran up to them and asked for a photo. "Crazy German people," one shrieked.

Here's the picture: http://bit.ly/MUBGZ6

— Fergus Bell — Twitter http://twitter.com/fergb

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